Tributes have been paid to “outstanding leader” Norwich Christian businessman Richard Jarrold, MD of Jarrold Retail Division for 40 years and President of YMCA Norfolk for 40 years, who has died aged 85.

Janet Clark from Mattishall, founder of the Christian charity Gambian Aid Through Education, has died aged 75, having devoted her retirement years to raising funds and coordinating life-changing aid for one of the poorest countries in the world.

It is with great sadness that the death of Dr Robert Selvendran has been announced. Robert, who has been a keen supporter of local Christian organisations for many years, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday May 8.

Norfolk friends and families whose lives were ‘transformed by faith in Christ’ were able to share their heart-warming stories in Norwich following the television relay of Billy Graham’s funeral in the United States.

The world’s best-known evangelist, Billy Graham, preached to the Queen at Sandringham and 63,000 people at Carrow Road in Norwich in 1984, sparking the start of thousands of people’s Christian commitment across Norfolk.